DIPAK R. DUTTA

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Milpitas, California 95035

408-***-****; acb56r@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: A visible and challenging position in Engineering or

Engineering

Management with multidisciplinary responsibilities.

Highlights

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. Extensive experience and demonstrated competence in leadership,

supervision and project management skills in a variety of advanced

Engineering projects.

. Extensive and long-term high-level education in Engineering, Electronics

and Computer Science.

. Familiar with challenge of developing new technologies for state of the

art semiconductor capital equipment making applicable to new uses.

. Experience in start-up companies, in-depth understanding of start-up

issues, identifying problems and taking corrective actions before

reaching crisis state.

. Knowledgeable about all phases of product development from definition

through manufacturing and field support.

[pic]Experience

. Self-directed, detail oriented and competent professional with more than

20 years of experience in Instrumentation and Semiconductor Capital

Equipment industries. Managed all phases of development of Technical

projects including staffing, budgeting, scheduling and documentation.

. Extensive experience in system & sub-system design & development,

including power systems, STD. Bus, PC & VME, PLC, digital & analog

control circuits, design of complex I/O boards and selection /

integration of sensors like wafer scanning, safety interlocks, pressure,

flow, temperature and spill detection.

. Managed and participated in complex mechanical designs including process

chambers, gas distribution, chemical delivery, motion controlled wafer

placement, temperature, pressure & flow control and complete equipment

packaging.

. Designed and built many robotic wafer handlers using in-house design

(vertical) or Genmark & Hine Robots, as well as elevators using both

atmospheric and vacuum robots. Integrated several process modules to

customized Equipe Cluster Platform.

Employment History

Legacy Systems, Inc., Fremont, CA (Start up company)

VP Engineering (Sept. 2000 - oct 2012)

Legacy Systems is involved in the design, development and manufacturing of

state of the art wafer cleaning and drying systems based on patented

technology. Principal products include:

- Ozone delivery systems for both ambient and low temperature

applications.(EPA green Chemistry Award ).

- Ozonated DI-water (100 ppm concentration).

- Complete Wet Bench system with automation (up to 4 tanks) with

Dryer (Dryzone).

Legacy Systems, Inc. (continued)

. Responsible for managing Engineering, Manufacturing and Documentation

departments consisting of electrical, mechanical, software and

manufacturing engineers.

. Directly responsible for detail design of all electrical / control

systems based on customer's input and Process P&ID (Legacy systems

uses both PC and PLC).

. While at Legacy, my designs included 1) LOG6-TT (Ambient Ozone

delivery systems), 2) several experimental systems for customer

evaluation, and 3) a complete, 2-4 tank Wet Bench with robotic wafer

handler (sub-ambient systems). Major components in the system are

robotics, design of user interface, tank and enclosure designs, pumps,

pre-mixers, solid state chillers, ozone monitoring systems,

pneumatics, and temperature, flow and pressure monitoring devices.

. Developed standard documentation procedures and bill of materials, as

wells as other procedures to track parts in the company.

. Delivered customer presentations and visited customer installations to

resolve problems.

APPLIED PROCESS TECHNOLOGY, PLEASANT HILL, CA

(Start-up company)

Director of System Development (Oct. 1999 - Sept.. 2000)

Applied Process Technology is involved in the design, development and

manufacturing of state of the art Water Remediation Systems for removal of

MTBE and other VOC from contaminated waters utilizing ozone, hydrogen

peroxide and UV, as well as the unique design of Reactors and Injectors.

. Responsible for electrical, control, process hardware and software

development.

. Responsible for developing system architecture, control strategy,

SCADA system and local & remote monitoring and paging via modem.

Control strategy includes control system hardware & software detail

specifications.

. Hardware design includes system power distribution, selection of

various types of PLCs, PCs, process hardware like Ozone generator,

H2O2 metering pump, pressure, flow, level, MFC, and temperature

sensors and transmitters.

. Software development includes defining details of PLC controls,

utility and alarm management and SCADA system for remote monitoring

using object-based programming language.

. Also involved in initial start up of systems in the field, in addition

to strategies for development of cost effective solutions in the

design & development of the control system and user interface.

Developed solutions to meet many safety and compliance related issues.

CUTEK RESEARCH INC., SAN JOSE, CA (Start-up company)

Director of Engineering (1997 - Oct. 1999) (CUTEK is now part of Mattson

Technology.)

. Responsible for managing Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials &

Documentation departments consisting of mechanical, electrical,

software and system engineers.

. Joined CUTEK at start-up, responsible for hiring key technical people

and setting up various groups.

. Designed and built first two prototypes for doing initial work on

electro-plating (deposition).

Cutek Research Inc. (continued)

. Responsible for designing & building the first Cluster Tool using Hine

robots & elevators. Detail work included defining system architecture,

power distribution, wafer scanning and sensing, system packaging,

process module architecture, design & build, system test and

documentation.

. Responsible for switching over to Equipe cluster tool for better

reliability, throughput and using Equipe's integrated software.

. Responsible for designing & building complex Process Module from

concept to final design (Process & SRD in one chamber).

. Responsible from concept to final design for Cutek's first chemical

delivery system (CDS). This system handled acid-based chemicals for

electro-deposition, and employed an integrated control system to work

with our Cluster Tool platform.

. Started projects to address the S2-93 & CE compliance issues for our

system.

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION, FREMONT, CA

Sr. Engineering Manager, Rainbow / TCP systems (1994 - 1997)

Lam Research is a leading supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and

services to the world's semiconductor industry. Lam is a technical leader

in etch products and expects similar acceptance for its CMP products and

applications. The Company also offers next generation solutions for VMP

cleaning.

. Responsible for managing Engineering department consisting of

mechanical, electrical and firmware engineers.

. Re-organized the department with 4 Managers and 28 senior level

engineers (electrical & mechanical) with a yearly budget of $ 4.5 M.

. Areas of responsibilities included are managing and providing cost

effective solutions in the design & development of control systems,

user interface PC hardware, factory automation hardware (Autoloader,

SMIF & AGV interface), project engineering (Generic frame project,

A/L, Temp. control unit), Safety & Compliance projects (S2-93 & CE),

Asian support, created Help Desk to support customers & business

units.

APPLIED MATERIALS, SANTA CLARA, CA

Sr. Engineering Manager, HDP CVD Systems (1993-1994)

Applied Materials is the world's largest supplier of products and services

to the global semiconductor industry.

. Responsible for the integration and productization of High Density

Plasma (HDP) CVD product.

. Completed system integration and installation in application

laboratory of 6 process chambers to 3 Centura platforms in record

time.

. Responsible for planning and setting up of Pilot Operations Group.

Recruited and trained managers, engineers, technicians and materials

procurement group for starting pilot manufacturing.

ACUME TECHNOLOGIES INC, MENLO PARK, CA (Start- up; wafer cleaning systems)

Director of Engineering (1992 - 1993)

. Provided engineering expertise and participated in all phases of

product definition and conceptual designs during the start-up phases.

. Responsible for putting together the engineering team to design, build

and test the first SCR module for wafer cleaning (surface

contamination removal).

. Detail responsibilities included system definition, system

architecture, supervising & hands-on design in electrical, mechanical,

software, module frame, process chamber, wafer pedestal, vacuum system

and various electrical & control systems.

ADVANTAGE PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, SUNNYVALE, CA (Start-up company)

Vice President, Engineering (1991 -1992)

Provided Engineering expertise to company Management by preparing

technical proposals, cost estimates, budget (in excess of $ 2.0 M),

schedules and reports.

. Participated in all phases of product definition and conceptual

designs and provided key contributions to the company organization in

the start-up phases.

. Managed a complex Joint Development project with SEMATECH on an

industry standard Cluster Tool-based Wafer Cleaning System, the EDGE

3000, with multiple process chambers with robotic wafer handler.

Average selling price of $ 1.2 M.

. Managed Engineering department consisting of electrical, mechanical,

software and manufacturing engineering.

. First three systems were built and shipped to customers within 12

months of project start.

. Reduced engineering / manufacturing personnel from 31 to 22 by

assigning multiple responsibilities to senior staff and with

manufacturing strategy of basic quality and test principles, resulting

in $ 400,000 annual savings.

. Reduced manufacturing cycle time from 26 weeks to an average of 14

weeks.

. Proposed cost reduction programs to reduce cost by 20-25 % during

regular production.

Manager,Electrical Engineering (1989 - 1991)

. Joined ADVANTAGE in 1989 as Electrical Engineering Manager,

responsible for EDGE 2000 / 2002 product line, starting from system

definition, architecture and detail designs. Hands-on design of all

control systems (Temperature, Pressure, Flow, Pneumatics and

Robotics), electrical power distribution, computer systems, remote

pump package, safety interlocks, user interface and system packaging.

. Responsible for building the first prototype EDGE 2000, and was

responsible for setting up the manufacturing organization.

VARIAN, FREMONT DIVISION, FREMONT, CA

Manager, Electrical Engineering (1984 - 1989)

Responsibilities included management and detail electrical designs of the

6100 Plasma Etcher using multiple microprocessor, complex I/O cards,

robotic wafer handler, AC / DC and RF power distribution, pressure / flow

/ temperature controls and all interlock & wafer sensors.

SPECTRA PHYSICS, ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT GROUP, SAN JOSE, CA

Senior Staff Engineer (1982 - 1984)

Reporting directly to the Vice President of the Group. Developed

electronics for Laser printer and OEM laser diode modulators using

semiconductor lasers. Designed and built interface controls between high

power laser and industrial robots for automatic laser welding for

automotive industry.

SPECTRA PHYSICS, GAS CHROMOTOGRAPHY (Start-up funded by SP), MILPITAS, CA

Manager, Electrical Engineering (1978 - 1982)

Responsibilities included management and detail electrical designs of a

state of the art microprocessor-based Gas Chromotograph. Design activities

included from system architecture, overall development incorporating UL

/VDE / Static Susceptibility requirements, introduction to manufacturing

and solving manufacturing problems. Managed a group consisting of

electrical, and software engineers, technicians and draftsmen.

SPECTRA PHYSICS, AUTOLAB DIVISION, SAN JOSE, CA

Project Engineer (1973 - 1978)

As project Engineer, designed the complete instrumentation and controls for

the state of the art microprocessor-based Liquid Chromotograph, winner of

IR 100 award. Designed the product called MINIGRATOR, first low cost

digital integrator for Chromotographic applications using Rockwell

International's PPS - 4 microprocessor, winner of IR 100 award. Developed

the first Thermal Printer / Plotter using Stepping motors and Thermal

print head.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CLARA, Santa Clara, CA

M.S Computer Science, 1977

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, Lafayette, IN

Graduate Courses in Electrical Engineering (pursuing a PHD program)

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, Cincinnati, OH

Graduate Courses in Electrical Engineering

JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, Calcutta, INDIA

B.S., Electrical / Electronics Engineering

Attended many seminars on Engineering management, Quality control, Value

Analysis / Engineering, Plasma Etch Technology, Disk drive technology and

many other work related seminars.

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